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2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

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ASV

He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

KJV

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ה֣וּא׀hu'heH1931 →
הֵסִ֣ירhe.Sirhe removedH5493 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.Motthe high placesH1116 →
וְשִׁבַּר֙ve.shi.Barand he brokeH7665 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תha.ma.tze.Votthe sacred pillarsH4676 →
וְכָרַ֖תve.kha.Ratand he cut downH3772 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.Rahthe Asherah poleH842 →
וְכִתַּת֩ve.khi.Tatand he crushed to piecesH3807 →
נְחַ֨שׁne.Chash[the] snake ofH5175 →
הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתha.ne.Cho.shet<the> bronzeH5178 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213 →
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
הַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →
הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ha.He.mah<the> thoseH1992 →
הָי֤וּha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מְקַטְּרִ֣יםme.ka.te.Rimmaking smokeH6999 →
ל֔וֹloto it
וַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-and someone had calledH7121 →
ל֖וֹlo<to> it
נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃ne.chush.TanNehushtanH5180 →

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Numbers 21:9So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.Numbers 21:8–9Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.2 Kings 21:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.2 Kings 18:22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?2 Kings 11:18So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.Judges 6:25On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.1 Kings 15:12–14He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.1 Kings 22:43And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.Exodus 23:24You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.Judges 6:28When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.Deuteronomy 12:2–3Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.1 Kings 3:2–3The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

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